Quarterman Dates:
August 6
1754: Gov. John Reynolds, ``...and upon nomination of the Lord's Commissioners, Captain John Reynolds,
of the Royal Navy, was, on the 6th of August, 1754, appointed governor.''
Stacy in his History.
Source: Stacy-H
1881: penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist and
discoverer of penicillin (greatly helped by Aussie
Howard Florey[-Ian's comment!]), born at Loudon,
in Ayrshire.
Published by W & R Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh Scotland.
Source: Chambers Dates (1983) ISBN 0 550 11827 6
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Tomorrow:
August 7
1964: Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Source: ToW
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